Minister Gashi at the summit: The new era of sport is taking place

05.09.2018

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Kujtim Gashi participated in the Regional Integrity Integration Summit, which is being held in Kosovo under the auspices of the Global Integrity Alliance for Sport (SI-GA) and the Olympic Committee of Kosovo (KOK). This event is organized for the first time in Prisht-ina.

Minister Gashi appreciated the dedication and extraordinary work of Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, director of SIGA, enabling SIGA mission and message on Universal Standards of Good Governance to be transmitted globally from Prishtina.

Also, the Minister expressed his con-gratulations to Besim Hasani, President of the Kosovo Olympic Committee, who became the ambassa-dor of our country, who with his dedication has made this Summit gather us all in Pristina and talk about the integrity of the sport and concrete implementation challenges in reality.

"The Kosovo National Olympic Committee and the Global Alliance for Integrity in Sport unite us best with regard to the interest of good governance in sport and the vision for the future," said Minister Gashi.

Minister Gashi has spoken about the work and policies that he pursues in the field of sport. "MCYS is committed and is implementing a strategic process of governing the sport in Kosovo and this process is facing the challenges of managing change but is also supported by a great willing-ness of central, local and international institutions and partners, and numerous works of strategic im-portance for sport have been concretized and continue to be carried out. These accomplishments, to-gether with the excellent results of our world-class, Olympic, and modeling athletes, mark strengths for long-term sustainability. "

The Minister mentioned that MCYS is engaged and is in the service of present and future generations by preparing the appropriate and modern legal documents that enable the development and integrity of the sport as well.

Among other things, the Minister said that we have sponsored "An updated legal basis against sporting violence, the Law on Sponsorships, regulations and legal guidelines adopted, relating to the categorization of athletes, good governance and infrastructure, are part of concrete work realized, to enable development and integri-ty in sport for all in Kosovo and in the region and beyond. "

Minister for the end stressed that Kosovo is on the right track with lots of positive energy and the fact that today in Kosovo is taking place this summit shows that the new era of sport is happening.

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